mentalist

noun

men·​tal·​ist ˈmen-tə-list 

: mind reader

Examples of mentalist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then Teresa gets brought up onstage by the mentalist, who asks her to think of someone meaningful in her life from before the cameras, who nobody in the room would know the name of. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

Starring as the Four Horsemen on Broadway are Gabriella Lester as the escapologist, James More and Darcy Oake as illusionists and Matthew Pomeroy as a mentalist. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Contestants James & Marina, a mentalist act who received mixed feedback; choir the CommUNITY ATL; comedian Cris Sosa; the Jesse White Tumbling Team; singers Ashford Sanders and Brook Lynn; and dancer Sando were all sent home. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026

This year's entertainer was mentalist Oz Pearlman, who came back for the redo dinner. — Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mentalist

• gentlest
• environmentalist
• experimentalist
• fundamentalist
• instrumentalist
• orientalist
• transcendentalist

Medical Definition

mentalist

noun

men·​tal·​ist ˈment-ᵊl-əst 

: an adherent or advocate of a mentalistic school of psychology or psychiatry